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Page 94
... Sun King in between . She had found a subject after her own heart into which she could infuse her delight in the Ile de France , and her book is a prose paean to pleasure - the douceur de vivre before the French Revolution . One of the ...
... Sun King in between . She had found a subject after her own heart into which she could infuse her delight in the Ile de France , and her book is a prose paean to pleasure - the douceur de vivre before the French Revolution . One of the ...
Page 167
... Sun King she perfected this technique . Hers is surely the most entertaining introduction to the subject in English . From a French point of view she was batting on a well- worn pitch : this was the great century of Racine and Molière ...
... Sun King she perfected this technique . Hers is surely the most entertaining introduction to the subject in English . From a French point of view she was batting on a well- worn pitch : this was the great century of Racine and Molière ...
Page 178
... Sun King she had sent Sir Hugh ] ' Misprints not my fault , mistakes which are , so that I quite dread what the critics will say . You must be truthful . ' Launched under favourable auspices , The Sun King met with a reception beyond ...
... Sun King she had sent Sir Hugh ] ' Misprints not my fault , mistakes which are , so that I quite dread what the critics will say . You must be truthful . ' Launched under favourable auspices , The Sun King met with a reception beyond ...
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